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Stuff from the Organic Consumer's Association that I found interesting or weird...
TAKE THE OCA'S ORGANIC HARVEST CHALLENGE: BUY LOCAL & ORGANIC
During September, Organic Harvest Month, OCA is calling on consumers to begin to relocalize the nation's food system and drastically reduce food miles by serving local and regional organic foods at your holiday BBQ or potluck dinner. Try to restrict your menu to organic items grown or produced within a 150 mile radius of your home. Share your story and favorite recipes in the OCA's "Breaking the Chains" BLOG, and we will award the most compelling story and tastiest recipe with a complimentary copy of the movie "Food for the Future." For help finding local and organic food options visit http://www.localharvest.org Host a house party with the inspirational DVD, "Food for the Future," a movie about the Floyd Boulevard Local Foods Market which highlights ordinary people doing extraordinary things, Breaking the Chains! http://organicconsumers.org/HouseParty/fff.cfm
INTRODUCING AFRICAN WILDLIFE TO U.S. BREADBASKET
The Great Plains may be donating a portion of its ranching and farming space to wild roaming elephants, lions, and other African species. Last week's issue of the journal Nature highlights a proposal from a group of prominent ecologists, backed by major sponsors like Ted Turner, who believe an important way to save threatened African species is to introduce them to North America. The study claims the process would restore North America to the state of rich biodiversity it enjoyed over 10,000 years ago, before over-hunting took away native wildlife like the mastadons, camels and saber-toothed cats. "Just when you think the world has gotten as weird as it can get, something like this comes along," said Steve Pilcher, executive vice president of the Montana Stockgrowers Association. "I wonder how many calves or lambs it would take to feed a family of lions for a month?"
http://www.organicconsumers.org/corp/elephant.cfm
MAD COWS
Responding to consumer group requests made under the Freedom of Information Act, the USDA has released documents revealing that, in the last year, U.S. meat plants have made over a thousand violations of safety regulations designed to prevent the spread of mad cow disease. The Bush Administration is not responding to these violations or to the new confirmed cases of mad cow disease in the U.S. http://www.organicconsumers.org/madcow/violations081605.cfm
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TAKE THE OCA'S ORGANIC HARVEST CHALLENGE: BUY LOCAL & ORGANIC
During September, Organic Harvest Month, OCA is calling on consumers to begin to relocalize the nation's food system and drastically reduce food miles by serving local and regional organic foods at your holiday BBQ or potluck dinner. Try to restrict your menu to organic items grown or produced within a 150 mile radius of your home. Share your story and favorite recipes in the OCA's "Breaking the Chains" BLOG, and we will award the most compelling story and tastiest recipe with a complimentary copy of the movie "Food for the Future." For help finding local and organic food options visit http://www.localharvest.org Host a house party with the inspirational DVD, "Food for the Future," a movie about the Floyd Boulevard Local Foods Market which highlights ordinary people doing extraordinary things, Breaking the Chains! http://organicconsumers.org/HouseParty/fff.cfm
INTRODUCING AFRICAN WILDLIFE TO U.S. BREADBASKET
The Great Plains may be donating a portion of its ranching and farming space to wild roaming elephants, lions, and other African species. Last week's issue of the journal Nature highlights a proposal from a group of prominent ecologists, backed by major sponsors like Ted Turner, who believe an important way to save threatened African species is to introduce them to North America. The study claims the process would restore North America to the state of rich biodiversity it enjoyed over 10,000 years ago, before over-hunting took away native wildlife like the mastadons, camels and saber-toothed cats. "Just when you think the world has gotten as weird as it can get, something like this comes along," said Steve Pilcher, executive vice president of the Montana Stockgrowers Association. "I wonder how many calves or lambs it would take to feed a family of lions for a month?"
http://www.organicconsumers.org/corp/elephant.cfm
MAD COWS
Responding to consumer group requests made under the Freedom of Information Act, the USDA has released documents revealing that, in the last year, U.S. meat plants have made over a thousand violations of safety regulations designed to prevent the spread of mad cow disease. The Bush Administration is not responding to these violations or to the new confirmed cases of mad cow disease in the U.S. http://www.organicconsumers.org/madcow/violations081605.cfm
namaste